Charles Henry Sloan

Charles Henry Sloan.

Charles Henry Sloan (1863–1946) was a Nebraska Republican politician.

Born in Monticello, Iowa on May 2, 1863, he graduated from Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) at Ames, Iowa in 1884. He moved to Fairmont, Nebraska and became the city schools superintendent from 1884 to 1887. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He started practice in Fairmont but then moved to Geneva, Nebraska in 1891. He became the director of the Geneva State Bank and then the prosecuting attorney of Fillmore County from 1890 to 1894.

He was elected to the state senate from 1894 to 1896. He was the chairman of the Republican State convention in 1903. Then he was elected to the sixty-second congress and the three succeeding congress as a republican (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919). He didn't run in 1918, but ran again for the 71st congress and won, serving from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1931 . He ran and lost in 1930, resuming practice of law in Geneva. He also did some banking. He died in Geneva on June 2, 1946, and is buried in the Geneva Cemetery.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 4th congressional district March 4, 1911– March 3, 1919	Succeeded by Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)
Preceded by John N. Norton (D)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 4th congressional district March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	Succeeded by John N. Norton (D)

References

1. "The Political Graveyard". Sloan, Charles Henry. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloan.html#R9M0JCYFI. Retrieved January 16, 2006. 
2. "Congressional Bioguide". Sloan, Charles Henry. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000811. Retrieved January 16, 2006. 

• This article incorporates facts obtained from The Political Graveyard.
• Charles Henry Sloan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Sloan, Charles Henry
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1863
Place of birth
Date of death	1946
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